The Spinner
Series
- Series Name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 5
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: "For over 160 years the delicate art of spinning glass (originated by the Venetians) has been practised by one family in London." C/Us of a middle aged woman spinning glass. "Fine as human hair, soft as silk, but just glass," said Mrs Paul, the Spinner." C/U of strands of the glass which do indeed look like soft strands of silk. She ties the strands in a knot. C/U of her hands as she separates out the strands. "Now for the next, a pretty example of glass manipulation -". C/Us of Mrs Paul making a tiny bird from the glass. Dissolves are used between various stages. "On goes the tail - with a little shellac - and we’re through." The tail is a large bunch of the silk like glass we have just seen. M/S of a stand displaying lots of the model glass birds.
- Researcher Comments
- A short description of the subject matter of this story is present in the Pathé boxfile.
- Keywords
- Arts and crafts
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.198
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No. EP198
Pathe Eve 473-493 Boxfile Issue sheet
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- British Pathe Ltd.
- Length of story (in feet)
- 182
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How to cite this record
'The Spinner', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 489, 16 Oct 1930. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332552 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)